Intensive laparoscopic training course for surgical residents: Program description, initial results, and requirements

Surgical Endoscopy

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3636-3641

  Zimmerman, Hannah ^a   Latifi, Rifat ^a   Dehdashti, Behrooz ^a   Ong, Evan ^a   Jie, Tun ^a   Galvani, Carlos ^a   Waer, Amy ^a   Wynne, Julie ^a   Biffar, David ^a   Gruessner, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Board of Surgery; Animal laboratory; Fundamental of laparoscopic surgery; General surgery residency; Intensive course; Laparoscopy training course; Simulation laboratory; Structured laparoscopic training course; Surgical residency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TRAINING;

EID: 82355183496     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-011-1770-6     Document Type: Article

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